i try using adw cleaner + malwarebytes ( it did show me the files of bitcoin trojan and removed after that restart it still back) and if its bitcoin miner is ON adw cleaner and malwarebyte freeze up + when i try to go use task manager the CPU 50% it go back to cpu: 2-5% , its like hiding from it...
So my gaming pc has a 1070 in it and I download nicehash and it's getting 59 cents a day. Lol I have a couple of r9 280x sapphire with a mobo 8g ddr3 750psu and a hdd. Is it worth it to get the old pc up and running as a mining rig? There's also several 280x around my area for about 80 bucks so...
What is the best program to dicover these viruses? I recenty had 4, discovered with Malwarebytes, I think that my PC is clean (scaned againg with Malwarebytes and Avast free, all clean) but when surfing I got small GPU usage spikes. Is that normal?
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I recently discovered a possible virus everytime my computer is on startup, it would always open google chrome with a suspicious address
xmrmsft.hive.html (I forgot the exact address but it is somewhat like that)] and I would experience very noticable lag, cpu usage cranks up to 100%, if i...
Ever see your computer speed up inexplicably when you land on a website? You may have been cryptojacked.
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I'm currently using CoolwalletS to store my ether but their app keeps freezing on every transaction, i’m considering nano S but i want something that is easy to carry in my wallet, are there any coldwallets like the CoolwalletS but without all the annoying little bugs?
Revised app guidelines from Apple mean you won't be able to mine cryptocurrency on your iPhone.
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Despite bitcoin's price decline this year, a cryptocurrency "mining" company is moving ahead with plans to repurpose a 1,300 acre plot once used by Alcoa for aluminum smelting.
Coinmint said Tuesday it would invest up to $700 million in the upstate New York location, which it expects to be the...
Is the Bitcoin based on anything of value? What I mean is, today's conventional currency is based on gold, silver, platinum, even copper. Some rare earth mineral/ore. What is the Bitcoin's foundation?
I came across an extension which is really impressive. But i feel its a scam.
[scam link removed]
They say you get free bitcoins while using chrome and its also available on chrome store.
IS IT TRUE?
I did a thing on the internet some time ago and apparantly got a bit coin for doing it !!! This was many years ago and never understood it !!! How can I find out ???
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I would be keen to learn a little more about crypto mining and was thinking of giving it a crack on my laptop. However, I am a bit of a noob when it comes to mining specs and wasn't really sure if it is worth persuing.
I have a MSI GP62M 7RDX Leopard - I know bitcoin is probably out of...
I am using NiceHash Miner for mining btc.
The AV Cyclance Protect detects excavator as a trojan.
On the NiceHash website they clearly mentioned it not being any kind of a virus/malware.
Even on the github page of excavator they mention the same.
So, I would like to know whether excavator does...
Hello, i hope this is the right section, today with the raise of bitcoin a particular variant of Trojans starting to appear often which mine bitcoin, ofcourse, the real threat comes with these Trojans injecting themselves into another process, and running very stealthy (not using too much...
You've heard of Bitcoin and blockchain, and maybe you're even thinking of investing. Make sure you read this first.
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hi im wondering about how can i check if i had any bitcoins in past, by that i mean maybe when bitcoin was nothing i probably got it as reward on some gaming sites or somewhere. IS there anything out there to check my email for registered sites and see is it worth some bitcoin or not? If there...
It's easy to steal Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. How can you protect your holdings? Can you ever get stolen bitcoins back?
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hey!!! i am kinda new with mining and i know this isn't the right forum but i am kinda lazy to make another account for another forum. so, i've been mining for 3 hours or so and i made 0.00000968BTC as shown in nicehash (what i use). for the wallet i use triv (an indonesian website) because it...
anyone else in this position? i used to surveys etc and vaguely remember always being paid in what i considered then as 'non-money' - could this have been bitcoin
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So i was planning to make a mining rig with 5 rx 480's i am kind new to this mining thing but i had done alot of research on it and i think i am ready to jump in the mining pool i am thinking to start with is nice hash miner but is it profitable in 2017? and btw electricity is totally free for...
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Yesterday I made a Low-priority transaction of roughly 0.003 BTC from my BTC.com Wallet to my NiceHash wallet
I has been more than 12 hours already and the transaction is showing on the receiving end (NiceHash) as pending ever since I made it (Roughly about 10 minutes after I pressed...
I was thinking about buying some hardware to start mining ZCash. After looking up tutorials though, I saw that you needed to download some software. So I have multiple questions.
1-Is NanoPool safe?
2-Is NiceHash safe?
3-What wallets are free, safe, and simple?
4-Is it guaranteed?
5-Do...
So i have seen posts and articles about bitcoin mining and i am curious. How does it work?
Like, what are the computers actually doing to earn money? Makes no sense to me.
Can someone explain? :D
I have a virus called important.exe which is apparantly a bitcoin miner and is chewing up my CPU. It keeps automatically launching even after ending the process in task manager. The file comes up in C:\Users\"name"\AppData\Local\Temp\nhq so when I delete it, it's recreated and I can't find what...
I had this weird unknown.exe I noticed in my task manager today that was using 99% of the cpu. I downloaded this strange torrent yesterday that I suspected was not legit. I'm wondering why defender did not catch this. It catches torrents sometimes before I even have a chance to scan them. Is...
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I have a problem. I bought 10 euro's for bitcoins. It has given me a Bitcoin address, but I didn't had a wallet before. Also I never found a option to choose your own wallet. Where are my Bitcoins at? I bought them from Happycoins and now I'm using MultiBit as an app.
Thanks in advance...
Bitcoin/ litecoin ect mining with cpu is inefficient, however I utilise barley any of my cpu in normal pc usage even in power saving. When surfing ect my cpu down-cloaks to .8ghz at this point my usage barley exceeds 10% wasting 720000000 cloak cycles. (note are these cycles wasted?) Can i...
I want to create a website shop that I can use to sell my artwork for Bitcoin. Does anyone have any HTML code that I could use to setup a shop that's not janky. I want it to where the person transfers the Bitcoin and then immediately get emailed the full size image they wanted. Please help a...
Microsoft said it will no longer let users pay for Windows apps and Xbox games using the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.
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Title basically describes itself. What Cryptocurrency is the best to mine with my CPU or GPU in February 2016? Where will I be able to get more money out of it than the power will cost me? (The Cryptocurrency should probably be ASIC-resistant)
Yesterday I found a process in task manager and I didn't know what it was.
It had a weird name and no description.
I went open file location and it brought me to a folder with a few files in it.
I opened the file named "d" in notepad and I saw username password and a url.
It was hashpower.co and...
Got a small office with 6-7 year old computers (Quad Core AMD A8 processors, 4 GB RAM) running Windows 10, all connected to the internet via a central router. Most of these are for document/spreadsheet work and occasional internet browsing, Dreamweaver and Visual Studio and light graphics work...
I have already ran Malwarebytes and it said it detected a bitcoin miner and apparently deleted it but on restarting my system svchost.exe is still using a massive amount of my cpu. I know svchost.exe is an important process for Windows 8 so I can't just end the process and delete the file, so I...
I always watch what i click when installing freeware but after this utorrent scandal i just wanna make sure i dont have something like that on my pc(even though i didnt) from the past...
I dont use antivirus because i consider it useless,ive never had problems
Hi, I have KAV 2015 installed with latest updates and just out of curiosity I installed MalwareBytes and it picked up Trojan.Bitcoin Miner in svchost. I am on Win 8.1 pro . Malwarebytes scanned and I selected remove items and it asked me to restart PC for the removal process . So I restarted and...
Hi. Recently my gpu (Asus GTX 760) has been running extremely hot for no reason, and crashing when I play games sometimes. Now of course this could be a technical fault and I'm not ruling that out, but how possible is it that I'm running a bitcoin mining program in the background? And if so, how...
I don't think any one will be able to help with this but though I'd put it out there. I've had a bitcoin virus on my pc for 2-3 months now which pins my gpu usage at 100%. SInce I've recognized it I've just been leaving task manager open 24/7 as it kills the process. The virus also doesn't run...
Hi, my friends laptop just got a virus and I have tried my best to remove it with all my knowledge and internet tutorials. This virus is the notorious bitcoin virus. This Laptop is running on a windows 8.1 system. I have read that you need to start the Laptop in safe mode to delete the source...
Hi all, I'm wondering if anybody could help me please.
My P.C specs are as follows if needed:
Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 Mobo.
6 core AMD FX-6300 APU Black Edition clocked @ 4.0Ghz.
8GB Corsair XMS3 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM.
MSI GTX 670 2GB DDR5 GPU, Core clocked @ 1070Mhz and Memory clocked @ 1700Mhz.
1GB...
Now I've looked around the net and everywhere the person who asked this gets told "it's a waste of time" I know that but I would like to see if I could try it. Can someone please tell me an app that does it or give me a tutorial on how to make an app that does it on an app like appcraft.
Thanks
A strain of the infamous Reveton malware has some dangerous new skills, including stealing victims' email and banking passwords.
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So, Im looking for the program for the bitcoin mining.
I already have a program installed called multibits
Dont see nothing here about mining.
I want to mine on my MSI 290 x2
I want the program for the GPU not CPU
I cant seem to find it only B.S programs that says it is but not it.
Anyone...
Darkcoin is a new cryptocurrency that promises even more privacy and anonymity than Bitcoin. How does it work? And why should you care?
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I figured out through reading there worth bout 850bucks right now, but I was wondering how long would it take to mine a bit coin on a core i7 920 and a radeon 280xgpu? will be upgrading soon and my cpu could possably be going in a new spare computer
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